Benchmarking near-term devices with quantum error correction

Abstract

Now that ever more sophisticated devices for quantum computing are being developed, we require ever more sophisticated benchmarks. This includes a need to determine how well these devices support the techniques required for quantum error correction. In this paper we introduce the \texttt{topological\_codes} module of Qiskit-Ignis, which is designed to provide the tools necessary to perform such tests. Specifically, we use the \texttt{RepetitionCode} and \texttt{GraphDecoder} classes to run tests based on the repetition code and process the results. As an example, data from a 43 qubit code running on IBM's \emph{Rochester} device is presented.

Source files include data from 'ibmq_melbourne' and 'ibmq_rochester' devices

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